L. J. Shepherd

An inventive and ambitious speculative courtroom thriller - Shutter Island meets The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle'I look up to find twelve strangers staring back at me... I realise I'm the one they're waiting for.'Lila Dalton has no memory of how she got to this courtroom. The man in the docks is accused of mass murder, and she's his barrister...

SHE'S ON A REMOTE ISLAND. DEFENDING A MURDERER. BUT SHE REMEMBERS NOTHING. 'Unputdownable' Sophia Hannah 'Mind-blowing, audaciously inventive' Chris Whitaker 'Totally recommend. Stuart Turton meets Agatha Christie' Sarah Moorhead 'A heady, ambitious mix of courtroom drama and dystopian mystery' Daily Mail The Trials of Lila Dalton follows Lila Dalton as she finds herself in the middle of a courtroom as...

Leonie is one of twelve jurors. Chosen to decide the fate of a nurse accused of murdering his patients with lethal doses of adrenaline. But just as deliberations begin, an usher bursts in with news that will change everything. Britain is under chemical attack, and the courthouse is locked down. Instructed not to leave for their own safety, the jurors...